Hong Kong’s top badminton player Angus Ng has withdrawn from the Swiss Open having tested positive for coronavirus after arriving in Basel.
The 27-year-old was hoping to use this tournament to climb back into the world’s top ten. He had been seeded sixth.
That leaves world number 17 Lee Cheuk-yiu as Hong Kong’s only representative. He plays the Frenchman Toma Junior Popov in the first round.
There have been other Covid-related absences at the Swiss Open. Japan’s two-time world champion Kento Momota and Taiwan’s world number four Chou Tien-chen will not be competing. China’s team have also pulled out.